mario_giberti

Responses from mario_giberti

Shanling/Music Hall CD Player repair
Check with Ensemble Music Systems & Home Theater 166 Daniel Webster Hwy Ste 68Nashua, NH 03060(603) 888-9777 . Ask for Joe. He used to be the Rotel service manager, but has an independent service shop in Billerica. He has the expertise to fix ... 
Music Hall Maverick, Is it any good
I have had a Maverick with level 1 mods from Parts Connexion that I bought used about a year ago. It was $1000 used, about half of the retail price. This unit has performed flawlessly. I have a home office, so I play the unit 30 hrs a week. I have... 
One particular tube upgrade elim my speaker hum
I wouldn't consider spending $500 on tubes as a waste. The sound improvement can even be heard by my non audiophile wife, and on a $30,000 system, $500 is not that big a deal.The telefunkens were $80, and sound good. The Amperex EL34's really help... 
One particular tube upgrade elim my speaker hum
Got the Amperex EL 34's for $199 for 4. Good deal. Actually, the RCA blackplates failed, they were $20 for 2, and I got a week of heavy use out of them. I did put in Telefunken 12ax7's, and they are excellent! 
Bybee Slipstream Golden goddess speaker cable tail
Thanks for the info. Enjoy your Pure Notes. 
Broken AudioQuest Caldera speaker cable ends...
Hi. I think that damage done by your own pets is possibly not covered by your homeowners insurance. I had a friend whose dog got it's collar stuck on a faucet when the owners weren't home, opened the faucet,and flooded the basement. It was denied ... 
Burned out hi fi salesman
My experience with hi fi in NH was going into one of the few high end dealers (mostly home theater) and asking about tube amps. I was shown a Golden Tube tube SE 40 amp for about $1000, told all the Chinese stuff was junk, and told to buy this fro... 
Bogdan GOLDy interconnects
I see some mention of Bogdan under this linkhttp://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1105064775&read&keyw&zzbogdanI have been looking at these as well, and based on the feedback Bogdan has, I assume folks like his cables. Than... 
Efficient Match for Shanling Mono TUBES ?
I am running Chris Johnson Modded Shanling SP80 monoblocks with Meadowlark Blue Heron II and a Music Hall Maverick SACD player, also modded by Chris Johnson. The tubes were upgraded at the time the mods were put in, and I am enjoying the sound.I h... 
Review: Bose 201 Series V
Had a roomate at UMass Amherst in 1976 who got hold of the blueprints for the Bose design (from a friend who worked at Bose) and built a number of sets of Bose speakers, and the electronic crossover/equilizer. They chained them from the corners of... 
Speaker upgrade help needed: 4500$ used
You should consider a used pair of Meadowlark Blue Heron II's. They can be had right now for $4500 used in Audiogon, and have $900 tweeters, let alone the rest of the Scanspeak midrange and dual woofers. That is why they were $12k new. The cost of... 
Question about quality of Meadowlark
I am so satified with my BH2's, that I would buy more of them as an investment if I had the money. They are selling for $4500 used right now(if they sell), down from $7000 used that was being seen in Feb 2005 when Meadowlark went under. The driver... 
Differences in newer Meadowlark speakers
I am seeing Blue Heron 2's on Audiogon for $4000 shipped, in 9 of 10 condition. What a deal! The drivers are worth that alone. And the cabinetry is like nothing else out there. These were $6k used plus shipping a few months ago. Interest has coole... 
Asymmetrical speaker wire arrangement issues?
I've got the same situation, due to a fireplace being flanked on either side by my Meadowlark Blue Heron 2's . I am running Shanling SP80 monoblocks with anti-cable, 12 foot runs. The right speaker anti-cable is stretched out, the left speaker ant... 
What's the "worst" cdp for the money?
Nothing is as crappy now as it was back in the 70's when I was in collge. Tech Hi Fi in Amherst Ma talked me into buying a Dokoder MK 50 cassette recorder for about $150. That would be about $1000 now. Had a spinning light on top to tell you the m...